lingers until tomorrow morning around 6:00 in the morning. that pink color honed me that's the winter storm -- behind me that's the winter storm warning for the areas. 3 to 5 inches of snow across the area but for today, owings mills coming in at 34 degrees and we are dealing with very cold temperatures out there and it will stay that way as we go through the day. very wendy with a wind chill making that 30 feel like the 20s. let's check the africa interest -- traffic with lauren cook. >> reporter: i am not ready for winter weather. but everyone should be extra careful as you travel the roads this afternoon into the evening. because there's going to be a lot of slushy snow out there covering the streets. if you are traveling in anne arundel county, we are dealing with a crash on route 50 along westbound lanes and there's three minute delay. not too bad from the split to 97. and in fells point delays an investigation underway into yesterday's fire. so, the northbound lanes of south broadway are still going to be shut downright between

eastern avenue and fleet street. if you are traveling the main lines as we check in and look live at the west side of the beltway at baltimore national pike, no delays 11 minutes right now on the outer loop from 795 down to 95. and this is what it looks like in parkville at harford road. nice and clear as you travel the outer loop from 95 up to 83. that's taking you 11 minutes and the inner loop is clear down to 95. spending of 95 no problems to report in white marsh. it's going to take you 4 minutes to travel from route 43 down to the beltway and it will remain clear heading into the city. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. now over to you. >> in democracy 2012 coverage no need for a tv to find the election results in new york you had to look up. empire state building turned blue when cn-n called the race for president obama. throughout the night with a meter showing the electoral college and,000 they were voting in each state. and president had

supporters in chicago to celebrate. >> george howel was there and has more reaction. >> reporter: thousands packed the chicago convention center to celebrate the current and future president barack obama. >> our journey has been long. we have picked ourselves up, we have fought our way back and we know in our hearts that for the united states of america, the best is yet to come. >> reporter: it's been 6 months and more than 100 rallies since the president officially kicked off his reelection efforts. a slow economic recovery and poor performance in the first presidential debate left the campaign in a virtual tie in the final weeks. but as the election wore on, the president continued to rack up key electoral votes. then shortly after 11 p.m. eastern time, it was ohio that put obama over the top a state that became ground zero for

both candidates in the final hours of the campaign. for mitt romney the loss was bitter disappointment following weeks of campaign momentum but in concession speech to supporters in boston romney conveyed a message of university the and defeat. >> i so wish i was able to fulfill your hopes to lead the country in a different direction. but the nation chose another leader and so ann and i join with you to ernestly pray for him and for the great nation. >> reporter: the president says he looks forward to working with the former opponent in the future. >> in the weeks ahead i look forward to sitting down with governor romney to talk about where we can work together to move this country forward. >> reporter: the president in his victory speech took abipartisan tone saying americans voted for action and not politics as usual but again keep in mind, this is a democratic president who will be dealing with a house that is run by republicans and a senate run bydemocrats and again the same set up facing the same divisions we have seen over the

last four years. that's the very latest from chicago. i am george howell reporting. smoking pot for recreation is legal in two states. voters in washington and colorado voted to approve measures that would legalize the sale of marijuana to adults without the need of a doctor's prescription. a similar measure failed in oregon, however, federal law does stipulate that marijuana is illegal. congressman andy harris is the only republican to serve maryland in the federal governor. >> brian kuebler spent the night with the state's republicans. >> reporter: the voters of district one put andy harris in office for a second straight term in the u.s. house of representatives. in the speech he says the nation faces serious challenges and that he has confident to take on those challenges. he believes in american greatness and he says he will not apologize for it. our government he added can't work if only half the legislature is doing its job. laying blame on the gridlock of

the last two years on the democratically controlled senate. let's listen to what else he had to say shortly after his speech this evening. >> we have to keep our eyes poe cussed on the problems -- focused on the problems of the country. >> reporter: you are pushing towards 2014. >> absolutely. we have had huge fiscal problem in this state and the republican party will have to step forward and identify itself as party to trust to solve fiscal problem and we will see how it plays out. >> reporter: and as you heard there congressman harris will push towards 2014 saying it's a very huge election for the state and for the republican party. in lint couples -- links couple lincecum brian kuebler. >> it would allow redistricting and 63% of maryland voters are for the question with 37% of

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principal said no lunch would beer ised and kids would have to bring their own. >> don't take food from a childshe says well they will miss lunch we are going to give them supper. >> the school received so many complaints they reversed the decision and started to serve lunch today. she resigned following a scandal now more possible legal trouble for sheila dixon. >> find out what she is accused of doing now. >> remember the lady who drove on the sidewalk to get out in front of a school bus? she got a unique punishment tough see to believe. >> we have a winter weather advisory in effect. i will tell you what this means for us and how much snow we will be receiving. >> traffic is really starting to slow down here on 695 at baltimore national pike. i will let you know where else there's congestion coming up on good morning maryland.

good wednesday morning this is your abc2 news to go i am megan pringle. >> i am charley crowson. things could be changing. >> exactly. we have a winter weather advisory up. and it's for the areas shaded

in the blue. this is because we are going to be seeing some snow today accumulations up to 1 to 2 inches and it's going to be/y accumulation on the roadways. you will see the snowy accumulations on the grassy surfaces and along the mailboxs but we will start out with rain which we are receiving across the area. and with that, that's why it will be more slush going through the rest of the afternoon. but we are going to see the rain which is the heavier ran along the eastern shore right now. and it will begin to switch over to a wintery mix and then by this afternoon, we will get more snow across the area. that will linger as we go through the overnight hours as well. so, very cold temperatures in place already. temperatures coming in at 33 degrees in pylesville and 36 in frederick and shadyside at 38. wind will be a component as well. a nor'easter will bring a northeast wind across the area. about 5 to 15 miles an hour with gust up to about 30, 35. and possible as we go into the afternoon. also as we go into the

afternoon we will stay cold. our high temperature at midnight was 40 degrees and we have been going downhill ever since. right around 3, we will be at 35 degrees. make sure to bundle up because we will feel like we are in the 20s. let's check the abc2 time saber traffic with lauren cook good morning. >> reporter: good morning. crank the heat in the car. turn out seat warmers it's going to be a cold one and we are dealing with a crash in anne arundel county. it's blocking one westbound lane of route 50 at row boulvard. no significant delays though as you travel from the spur to 97. for those of you using 95 in howard county no problems to report. it will be nice and clear from columbia all the way to downtown baltimore that stretch will take you 13 minutes and in baltimore city, we are dealing with a traffic alert in fells point. an investigation is ongoing into yesterday's fire. so the northbound lanes of south broadway will be shut down that's going to be right between eastern avenue and fleet street. as we check in and look at main lines, this is what the beltway

looks like. here at old court road, carting to slow down as you make -- starting to slow down as you make the way down to route 40. traffic is moving right along from shawan down to the beltway and it will remain clear once you get on the jfx and head into the city. megan and charley over to you it was not only the presidential race we had our eyes on veters this -- voters had to decide major issues. linda so has reaction to expanded gaming in maryland and again sherrie johnson with the outcome of question 6 involving same sex marriage. >> reporter: well, yes, maryland made history in january local courts can issues marriage license to same sex couples. last night voters voted to make same sex mearnlg legal in the state. it's -- marriage legal in the state. it's been defeated 32 times it's been on the ballot in other states. maryland is the 7th state in addition to the district of columbia to i prove marriage --

to approve marriage equality. they argued it's a civil right and children of children of same sex couples have the right to be raised by parents that are married. eye doesn't force clergy to perform marriage ceremonies. religious organizations are not requireed to participate inform if he object. opponents pushed it to a ref rund up. maryland ref rund -- ref rund um. -- reverend up. it was a night celebration for -- referendum. it was a nice of -- night of celebration for some. >> when we knocked on thousands of doors and made thousands of phone calls, we got to the point tonight when we could all look at each other as marylanders and say we are truly equal. >> reporter: now same sex marriage was also approved in main reporting live in federal hill, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. get ready for table games

like blackjack and others because there's going to be a cay soon cobuilt in maryland. that's -- casino build in maryland. voters approved question 7 by a narrow margin. abc2 news linda so is live in arundel mills and what's the reaction to this, this morning. >> reporter: well for gambleers who would like to see more table games like the one in atlantic city and las vegas, they will like this because table games will be allowed at maryland's casinos this means a 6th ca cay -- casino will be built. fire work went off where supporters gather. it was a close vote. at midnight we learned question 7 did pass. there was a lot of money spent on this. the extra money earned will go to schools. opponents don't believe it will happen but in the end maryland will get table games and a casino in pg county. county executive was glad voters approved the measure.

>> prince georges county you made us proud and carried home and i want to let you know that the money that comes from this just like we said all along sometimes you can't believe a comptroller, that the money is going towards education, is going to help build -- fix 210. >> that's right. >> and is going tore health -- for health care and jobs and jobs and jobs. >> reporter: now by law the new casino in pg county can't open until 2016 but table games will be added to the other casinos sooner than that. live in arundel mills, linda so. the presidential race came down to a handful of swing states. once ohio went to president obama, his bid for a second term was sealed. and believe it or not, this morning florida is still up for grabs. our look at the voting in thekey states begins there.

>> reporter: at watch parties president obama and governor romney supporters reacted to the outcome. and though the stall i -- tally is not complete here in florida president obama supporters were able to celebrate a historic victory last night. >> >> reporter: i am in palm beach where national race may be over but the race in this state is not over yet. still several key races without the final numbers coming in at this point. and another race up for grabs at 18th congressional district where incumbent republican allen west is losing to democrat patrick murphy by a razor thin margin. this race very well could lead to a recount possibly even legal challenges. >> reporter: i am kendall harold in cincinnati. president obama did something here tuesday no other democrat did in recent history he won back to back victories here in hamilton county. he won here in hamilton county 51% to 46% for a romney making it it third time they selected

a democrat in a presidential election. the president had an early edge due to early voting. early on last night with 19% of the votes reported here, obama was up nearly 57% over mitt romney's 42%. and, of course, it did all come down to ohio. president obama surpassed the 270 electoral votes with the victory here in the buckeye state. >> reporter: i am in cleveland and we were ready for an all nighter but didn't need it. ohio was called for the president before midnight. now both campaigns spent major time and money here in northeast ohio and around the state for that matter. but in the end just like four years ago, the president took the state 18 electoral votes. you know why that is, too. thanks to associated press exit polls you know the president's bail out of the auto industry had something to do with it as well as backing from unions and blue color workers here in the

buckeye state. another interesting fact 7 in 10 people still think the economy is bad here in ohio acoring to exit polls though voters didn't hold it against the president last night. >> reporter: him in denver where colorado voters gave 9 electoral votes to marijuana -- president obama and making marijuana legal but the governor says don't break out the gold fish yet. >> it's 6:52 right now. former mayor sheila dictionan is charged with probation violation online records show the violation was filed on monday. she resigned in 2010 after pleading guilty about gifts from her former boyfriend who receives tax breaks from the city and convicted of stealing 500 dollars in gift cards intended for needy families heap was recierd to contribute 45,000 -- required to contribute 45,000 dollars to charity and perform 500 hours of community service.

she has fallen behind on making the payment required as part of the plea deal. it's 6:53 and a woman caught driving on a sidewalk to avoid a school bus is fulfilling the sentence. a judge ordered her to stan at a intersection wearing a sign reading "only an idiot drives on the sidewalk to avoid a school bus." she had to stand there for one hour yesterday morning and she has to do it again today. time for five things to know on this wednesday morning. the trial begins today for the teen accused of setting a number of fires in howard county. he is charged with setting fires at the mall of columbia in may. [audio not understandable] a job fair today celebrates the magicdownson foundation 21st and vrry -- anniversary. local companies will be on hand to talk to potential employees. and amazon is testing monthly fees for video streaming putting them head to

head with netflix and they are offering prime program for 7.99 a month analyst say the launch. [audio not understandable] united airlines will suspend most service to and from new york. that area is a threat of a winter storm. they plan to ground 500 flights between noon today and tomorrow. other airlines are looking at the schedules. speaking of snow those in garrett county will get 34,000 pound of food today. maryland food bank willdistribute it to areas where thousands were left in the dark. it was rched by part of a grant approved by the governor. -- was. a couple inches fell over the course of the day and the major highways were kept clear so voters could get to and from the voting locations. it was not a problem here but things are about to change. >> i have rain and also a little within theory mix now

coming down on maryland's most powerful radar. and as we see what's going on just to the south of baltimore, but it's edging closer and that's going to be the scenario going through the rest of today. make sure to have the rain gear as you head out and about. don't need it right now in bel air but you will as the day goes on and we will deal with snow showers that are going to be pushing in across the area as well. temperatures this morning, on the cold side. 33 degrees in westminster. frederick coming in at 35. and 33 in northville and 37 from edgewood down into cambridge. so, these are the actual temperatures but you throw in the wind gusts and we have a wind chill out there. so the upper 30s feeling more like the low 30s and also the 20s in germantown and also in waynesboro. this is what to expect heading throughout the day. at the surface we have that nor'easter that will begin to push away but will stay cold and wendy through tomorrow. we are going to be dealing with a change in the forecast as we go through time.

but also the change comes with snow wrapping in here as we go to 3 and 4:00 and the commute home is on the dicey side. temperatures today is going downhill. 35 degrees by 3:00 and the 7- day forecast brings milder conditions in here for the weekend. let's check the abc2 time saber traffic with -- timesaver traffic. >> reporter: we are dealing with congestion on some of the main lines. traveling on 95 in white marsh it's going to take 17 minutes southbound from the beltway to downtown baltimore. no problems to report on 695 from parkvale up to towson and looking live at the west side, traffic is pinckneying up on the outer loop at liberty road it will take 5 extra minutes and this is what the harrisburg expressway looks like. nice and clear. no delays from shawan to 695. we want to remind you anything election related and news or weather related it's on

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